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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plays an important role in the great battle in the library of Unseen University that occurs later in the novel?

2. When the man Esk meets in the square tells her about caravans, what does she point out to him?

3. What does Granny tell Esk that Simon is doing that is unprecedented in a wizard?

4. Who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University?

5. What does Esk realize that the bodies of the creatures attacking her are held together by?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Granny transform herself into to deflect Cutangle's attacks?

2. Who is Master Treatle and why is Adab Gander negotiating with him?

3. How does Granny enter the University and what does she find?

4. What happens to students who fail to become wizards?

5. Why does Granny tell Esk not to draw attention to herself through magic?

6. What does Esk ask the man who is counting tobacco and what does he tell her?

7. Why does Esk get angry with Simon and Master Treatle?

8. What happens in the library involving Simon?

9. When Granny enters the Great Hall and approaches Cutangle, what does he do?

10. What do the dwarves offer to do for Granny, and what does she want instead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the discussion about witches that appears throughout the book. What is a witch according to Granny? What is a witch according to Cutangle? How does this definition change with the arrival of Esk? What are witches traditionally associated with?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief portrait study of Cutangle. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him through his life? How does he change from the beginning of the book to the middle to the end?

Essay Topic 3

What is Borrowing? When Esk does this for the first time, how does she change? What does she struggle with? What does she give up? How does she come back into her own body? Describe.

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